Joost Allowing Unlimited Beta Invites

By Ed Oswald | Published May 1, 2007, 11:12 AM

Internet television service Joost moved into public beta on Tuesday, as the company announced that it is allowing its existing beta testers to invite an unlimited number of friends and family to sign up for the service.

Current users can invite anyone by clicking on the "My Joost" area, then selecting the "Invite Friends" widget.

In addition to the announcement of the commercial launch of the service, Joost also said that advertising campaigns from its 32 companies will begin running across the service this month. Some will begin running immediately, while others will be added throughout the month.

"Today marks the beginning of an exciting phase for Joost - we are officially open for business," global advertising chief David Clark said in a statement.

Joost is the brainchild of Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrtzm, the founders of Skype and Kazaa. Boasting itself as a "secure, efficient, piracy-proof Internet platform," Joost hopes to lure television networks and content providers to distribute their videos online, which uses peer-to-peer streaming.

It will feature more than 150 channels across a variety of genres, which would vary by region based on its deals with content providers. Most of the programming is available in the US, although Joost indicated it was working to add content for users outside of the country.

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Could anyone send an invite to stingfist@gmail.com ? Thanks!

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joost is now allowing unlimited invites! can someone please send one my way? thanks much, cix_klamroth@hotmail.com

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Please invite me. Thank you

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Please invite me. Thank you

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thx for the invite :)
seba

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Would love an invite to Joost. Thank you
kromel28@hotmail.com

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Can I get a Joost invite?

spidercam82@hotmail.com

Thank you!!!

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Invite PLZ

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I think all they want you to do is beg for an invite. If someone wants to send me one find, but why go around begging for something that's apparently not available.

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An invitation would be awesome. Thanks

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If you want a invite, all you have to do is go to http://joostboost.blogspot.com and leave a comment and I will send out as many as I can...

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Please invite me !
vista_thai@yahoo.co.th

Thanks !

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If there are any invitations left, I could use one. Thanks

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may i please get an invite i'v been looking all over the net to find one so if i coude get one i would be very thankful. thank you for your time.

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I'd like an invite as well:
thijsie (guess what goes here) gmail.com

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I'd love to get an invite.

I'll spread the love and hand out my invites here

digifrost@gmail.com

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an invite would be grand
krysbald1@yahoo.com

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I would love an invite,please.
Thank you marges2549@aol.com

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An invite would be greatly appreciated!
omni@high-performance.com

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down on my knees i'm begging you , down on my knees ....

please , please .... :)

mbujala@gmail.com

thanks in advance

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If anyone has a spare invite, and happens to pick this message out of the thread, one would be much appreciated at bascott12@gmail.com.

Many thanks!

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Beg, beg, beg - me too!

dave604@gmail.com

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I would also love a joost invite if anyone can hook me up. fender7656@gmail.com

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i would love to have an invite please if anyone is willing to give one.

brendanmcmahon@gmail.com

thank you

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Joost invite wanted petter.laurin@gmail.com
Thanks

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Hi,

I'm having a bit of difficulty locating an invite to Joost and would really appreciate it if someone could email one to me.

moony000001@hotmail.com

Thanks folks!

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I want in on the Joost! (please)
-browes@aol.com

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I would love an invite. Thanks so much!

stungeon@yahoo.com

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has anyone received an invite from someone else on this blog? if so could someone please please please send me one. thank you Silverrose849@hotmail.com

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Can anyone pass on an invite? subnet5chris@gmail.com

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I badly want an invite

hassanluwalira@hotmail.com

thanks in advance.

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looking for invite please!! Someone.. anyone
mannstor@hotmail.com

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looking for invite please!! Someone.. anyone...

silentbob at socal.rr.com

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I would like an invite PLZ

reg98@hotmail.com

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PLS send invite

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PLS send invite

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my email adr is reisendemac77@gmail.com
PLS send invite

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PLS PLS PLS will someone send me an invite for joost????
pls, pls, pls,

"hopeing"

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arr, doublepost *beatshimselfintosubmission*

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any invites out there? ;D
bj0ng0@gmail.com
cheers!

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Plz i would luv to get an invite
send to runpr@broadpark.no

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I would like an invite, Would def help pass along to others. Send to virual@hotmail.com

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Please invite me !
mg(at)project2501(dot)net

Thanks !

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hi can anybody send me an invite to me? plz? its have been greate if any one do it:) ty before i get one

espender88@gmail.com

mvh: Espen s ( it consulent )

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I would like an invite :D

nothxx@gmail.com

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Don't send me an invite, I had to be different more bandwidth hogging crap, so once again my broadband will slow down because of some more money making greedy company.
with Sky, BBC, ITV, channel 4 and now Joost taking up bandwidth, how on earth are people that have no interest in this rubbish expect to browse the net?

The briitsh ADLS system is rubbish to start with, start stick high bandwidth video services though it and it will fall over, and what about people who have caps, I bet they will not realise how much these services uses until they get an email from their ISP, telling them that their service will be shapped or capped.

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Would appreciate an invite please:

staveley99(at)gmail.com

Update: Invite received - thx to L.Johnson.

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Would love an invite too if somebody has the time, please!
joern.prall(at)gmx.de

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thnx to anyone who sends me an invitaion =) plzz!!! i want to test my broadband... =) plz plz plz [[]]

mailquente@hotmail.com thnx a lot m8

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invite pretty plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :) drinksrus@gmail.com

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PLZ PLZ PLZ send me invitation :)
imran102@gmail.com

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please send me an invite to daniel@cookes.cc

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Please send me an invite daniel@cookes.cc

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edited to say ... thnx Joost for the invite - joost kicks arse !

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Iwould appreciate an invite if someone has the time tk knight
sctony2@gmail.com

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Thanks for the invite.

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before I forget, with your email, I also need first and last names for invitations. Its part of their sign in process.

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thank you very much for the invitatiion.

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Can someone please invite me to the Joost beta? It would be greatly appreciated. Cobofamilia@AOL.com
God Bless Everyone

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Can someone please send me an invite.. per favore... shoddy(at)gmail.com

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quoi encore :)

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je suis curieux de voir la qualité du logiciel

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Yeah, send an invite my way!

mrfreeze2k3@hotmail.com

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invite would rock thank you

edwardwinship@gmail.com

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Could someone please send me a invite?
I appreciate.

danioc@gmail.com

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noel24@gmail.com

I KNOW YOU WILL :D !!

-thanx

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lordshuda@excite.com
thanks man

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I would Luv an invite as well

wino50us@myway.com

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Please invite me
martherus at gmail.com

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I'd like an invite if possible please! Happy to send them out if I get one, thanx! :)

chrislemjec@gmail.com

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Invitation is appreciated.
Sharing is power....Oh Yeah.
lebontempsroulez@yahoo.com

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Invite Invite Pleeeeze.........

Be Nice! guccigaucho@hotmail.com

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This is awesome. May I please receive an invite?

sean.paul.ellis (at) gmail.com

Thank you.

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please send me an invite...tracey728@yahoo.com
pretty please with sugar on top?

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Please send me an invite. THX testing-54321 at hotmail.com

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Sounds cool! Anyone got one to spare?

ogman1@gmail.com

Thanks :o)

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One more "me, too", please. robster2001@gmail.com

Thanks, and I'll definitely share the wealth. :)

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If someone can - I'd like an invite
uncleb420_AT_gmail.com

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Can someone please send me an invite...thanks
okavabrad@gmail.com

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thanks Richard

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Can someone please send me an invite...thanks

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Can someone please invite me w-jrs(at)hotmail.com

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could someone please send me an invite
thank you .danlasvegas@gmail.com
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thank you for invite Andre,
and you to Richard

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Thank you very much for the invite Richard!

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Would love an invite please

I have an invite, Many thanks

Thanks
Rich

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Thanks ED, I got your invite :)

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Hi could i please have an invite i'm trying since January and i'm not in yet.

Please send one to cpaulik@gmail.com

Thank you

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I'm in the dark ages, and just was talking about this from a fellow IT coworker, although he never got an invite. Can anyone share an invite with me please? I'd appreciate it!
ha09@yahoo.com
Thanks!
Grandma

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Can I have an invite w-jrs(at)hotmail.com

Thanks!

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Can someone please send me an invite...thanks

mav247 [at] hotma1l dot com

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Could someone please send me an invite
Thank you!
mark54321[at]tds.net

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Invites are going out to our loyal readers as we speak. PLEASE.. if you get an invite, come in here and update your comment, with "I got it" or whatever. Those I've sent invites to: if you see new people here asking for invites, help them out and send them one.. just remind them of what i said above.

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could someone please send me an invite
thank you .
mrmshrm@hotmail.com

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*********ws can someone please send me an invite? thank you

I GOT THE INVITE thank you Ed!

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I would like an invitation too :)

thanks to whoever send me one :)

alexandru.gavrila[at]gmail.com

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Rageweaver@gmail.com Can someone send me an invite? I kinda wanna try it out now.

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The new PVR functionality in the Vista Home Premium Media Center for Joost is really pretty nice. Its encoded naturally, but with a little tweaking to the code you can record the programs to DVD if you wanted too. The down side its an internet feed, so the quality is rather bad, when compared to a quality DVD purchase. This is a good beginning but far from perfect. Xvid or divx codecs seems to be superior to me and is more universal on platforms. Eventually I think Joost will use something along that line to compress their feeds and allow for better streaming without losing quality. iTunes is not much better, but kudos to Joost for integrating into media center for the MSN set top PVR boxes.

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I would like an invitation too :)

thanks to whoever wants to send me one :)

peterizsak (at) hotmail.com

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i'm dying to try joost out!! someone please please please send me an invite :)

***UPDATE****
thank you eoswald!!!!!!!!! i got the invite

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Thanks to Edward Oswald for the invite!

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Wow.. Amazing. lol Even with your efforts to hide email addresses, if anyone wanted to collect email addresses, THIS is the spot to do it.. lol And by all means, would know just what to do to modofy for correct ones dispite the said effort to hide it. Yeee haw

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Please send me a Joost invite. I have participated in many beta programs as a software developer and I'm interested in this program as well.

Thanks,

RObert
robert [at] usersoft.com

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please send me a joost invite my email is kward70_at_gmail_dot_com thank you.

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May I have an invite as well, please. sjc1963@live.com

Got it, thanks very much, Edward Oswald.

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I would like to be part of it as well. would somebody please send me an invite.

dronde2001 (at) gmail (dot) com

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_________________________________
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THANKS Edward

I really Appreciate it.

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if anyone has the chance could they please send an invite to deetee83@gmail.com

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Could I receive an invitation please? I would be very appreciative. Thank you.
My email address is dillapp21@live.com

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thank you very much.now, I return the favor.
for invite, email me at dillapp21@live.com
will respond to as many as I can. thanks again.

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Please send me an invite. It would be much appreciated!
Thanks! prof.hamilton@gmail.com

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Thank you, Edward Oswald for sending mi an invite!
10x a lot! I am sincerely grateful for your kindness!

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could someone shoot me an invite, thanks in advance
hafid6 at gmail dot com

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would also appreciate an invite, if anyone has some to spare! I'll definitely send out my own share of invites if I get an account

veejai42@hotmail.com

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I would also appreciate an invite, if anyone has some to spare! I'll definitely send out my own share of invites if I get an account.

jryans@gmail.com

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I'd be very very grateful for an invite if anyone has one: jimmy (at) ispmgt (dot) com

Thank you Thank you Thank you if you can.

**Update: I have received an invitation thanks to one of the members here. Thank you very much :)**

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oooohhhh, could you pulleeezzzeee send one to juliekrone@voodoob****.com?

XOXOXO

ps Drats!! Confounded bas****news censor... that's a real address: please replace * w/ itch.
I'll reply to you.

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If someone could send me an invite it would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance!

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If somebody could shoot the author an invite too it would be appreciated ;) eoswald@betanews.com

Not even press get special treatment :)

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If someone could shoot me an invite, I would greatly appreciate it! umesq@yahoo.com

*** Got an invite from one of the great people here...Thanks! Will return the favor soon... ***

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If available, I would be appreciative of an invite @ baitmasterarcher at gmail dotcom. Take out the word bait if sending e-mail, you should be able to figure out the rest.

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may i have one xhippyman@gmail.com

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Would be nice one joost invite.
desenrascar (at) gmail (dot) com

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Please send an invite if anyone can.

conlann@excite.com

thank you!

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Can I get an invite to please...rrcole@gmail.com

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Got my invite. Thanks Edward!

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Would love to try this service out to see the potential of it. If you've got the time and don't mind, please send a invite my way. Thanks

pupsterj@gmail.com

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Invite received, thanks!

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Invite Received

Thank you very much!

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I would also like an invite if someone could hook it up...

aaron_dobbins@hotmail.com

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I also would love an invite...
Thanks in advance.
Please send to jeff17726@hotmail.com

I got my invitation. THX!!

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If someone could shoot me an invite, I would be very grateful: corey.emmons@gmail.com

Got one!! thanks!

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If someone could shoot me an invite, I would be very grateful. corey.emmons@gmail.com

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I use Joost. It's pretty cool.

The "send invitations" thing just appeared yesterday but it says I have "0" to send. Hopefully that will increase today at some point.

I will hand out however many I have. :)

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that's great!

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Would appreciate a invite if anyone would be so kind! lennon@irvineplace.net

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I'd be interested as well if anyone has a spare invite.

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anyone have an invite to spare?

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Can i get one? Ill invite people should i receive one!

Thanks

Edit: Thanks i got the Invite!

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i'll take an invite too please :0)
Thanks in advance
zippyslow@hotmail.com

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I will also help propogate the invites for folks on this list if I get an invite myself. Thanks if you can accomidate! doug(at)jacobs***portal(dot)com

remove the ** and translate the () - thanks!

and whats this about the Alliance Atlantis Sci-Fi Channel not being available in the US - BAH! :)

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Send me an invite and I will give out 30.
gotjoost@xemaps.com

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I'd love an invite too...I'll set up a blogger site to give out more

drkencarter@yahoo.com (college professor not medical doc)

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Please send me one... evelchris@yahoo.com

got it. thanks. will invite down the list when I get invites.

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Any spare invites? Thanks

digitalden[at]gmail.com

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anyone wanna invite w-jrs(at)hotmail.com

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Thanks Melissa!

will send invites out when I get them

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If someone could shoot me an invite, I would be very grateful: guyaneseromeo@gmail.com

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I would like an invite as well.
captainxp@hotmail.com

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Can I get a invite on montu124(at)gmail.com. Thanks

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if it's not too much trouble I'd like an invite too.

york48@comcast.net

thanks

Steve

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Again if not that much trouble please send invite to mmul(at)hotmail.com

I am interested to see how the service works.

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Would love an invite, thanks!

subliminal_man@hotmail.com

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kromel28@hotmail.com

thank you very much!

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